Toilet seat cover



' Nov. 6, 1934. A, NELSON 1,979,634

TOILET SEAT COVER Filed Sept. 15, 1933 d1. lVeZson Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT orrics TOILET SEAT COVER Arvid Nelson, Jamestown, N. Y.

Application September 15, 1933, Serial No. 689,625

Claims.

The invention relates to covers for toilet seats to prevent contact of the person with the surface of the seat to avoid vermin and contracting diseases, and has for its principal object the pro- 5 vision of a cover that is thoroughly effective in being readily attachable to the seat and is securely held thereon until removed.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of a toilet fixture showing one of the improved covers in position to be mounted on the seat,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the cover in positionon the seat,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a side view in elevation of the cover ring, shown partly broken away and in section,

Figure 5 is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale on a plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional detail on an enlarged scale of the seat and the cover in position thereon.

In the drawing similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts in all of the views.

The improved toilet seat cover comprises an endless band or ring of crepe paper, designated 10, the wrinkles or pleats of the paper being crosswise of the ring, it being a characteristic of crepe paper that it may be stretched to a certain extent without breaking. The opposite edges of the band are folded on the band, preferably by means of a double fold as best shown in Figure 6, and as indicated at 11 and 12, respectively, the folded portion being secured by an adhesive such for instance as rubber cement or any inelastic adhesive may be substituted, the

adhesive being designated 13.

Because of the material of which the continuous band or ring is made, in placing the band on the seat the front end of the seat 14 is engaged by the ring intermediate of the folded edges 12 and 13, as shown in Figure 1, the folded edge 12 being lowermost, and then by stretching the band intermediate of the edges 11 and 12 the intermediate portions of the-band will engage the outer edge 15 of the seat, the folded edge 12 contacting the underside of the seat to hold the band on the seat in the position shown in Figure 3. As the rear of the seat is hinged to the hopper 16 as shown at 17, the edge 12 cannot engage under the seat at the rear thereof,

but is laid across the rear portion of the seat as shown at 18. To secure the rear portion of the cover ring or band on the seat there are provided plates 19 and 20 of inelastic or pliant material, such for instance as thin fiber board or thin strips of lead or other ductile metal either uncovered or covered with paper, and having extended ends 21 that may be bent to engage the outer edge of the seat.

The plates 19 and 20 are spaced from one another as shown in the drawing and one of said plates is provided with a length of cord or other flexible member 22, the plate 20 being provided with a friction button 23 or other means adapted to engage and hold the free end of the cord to tightly stretch the band 10 in position on the seat and to hold it thereon until forcibly removed therefrom.

It may be found desirable to reinforce the folded edge 11 defining the opening in the seat cover, and for this purpose an endless flexible member such as a cord 24 is provided.

What is claimed is:--

1. A toilet seat cover, comprising a continuous ring of crepe paper having its wrinkles or pleats extending transversely of the ring and adapted to stretch circumferentially intermediate of its edges to enclose and cover a toilet seat, and means to secure the ring on the seat.

2. Atoilet seat cover, comprising a continuous ring of crepe paper having its wrinkles or pleats extending transversely of the ring and adapted to stretch circumferentially intermediate of its edges to enclose and cover a toilet seat, a flexible inelastic member secured to one edge of the ring to reinforce said edge of the ring, and means secured to the ring and engageable with the outer edge of the toilet seat to hold the cover in position thereon.

3. A toilet seat cover, comprising a continuous ring of crepe paper having its wrinkles or pleats extending transversely of the ring and adapted to stretch circumferentially intermediate of its edges to enclose and cover a toilet seat, a flexible inelastic member secured to one edge of the ring to reinforce said edge of the ring, and members of pliant material secured to said ring at spaced intervals, said members having ends extending beyond the first mentioned edge of the ring and adapted to engage the outer edge of the toilet seat to hold the ring thereon.

4. A toilet seat cover, comprising a continuous ring of stretchable material adapted to be stretched intermediate of its edges to engage the outer edge of a toilet seat and to cover the seat outer edge of a toilet seat and to cover the seat and fold thereunder, plates of pliant material secured to said ring in spaced relation, having ends thereof extending beyond one of the edges of the ring and adapted to be bent to engage the outer edge of the toilet seat, a length of cord secured to one of said plates, and a button secured to the other plate and adapted to engage and hold the free end of said cord.

ARVID NELSON. 

